Science. 1973 Aug 31;181(4102):873-5. doi: 10.1126/science.181.4102.873.
Propylure, 10-n-propyl-trans-5,9-tridecadienyl acetate, and deet, N,N,-diethyl-m-tolumide, were previously reported as the sex pheromone and a sex pheromone activator, respectively, of the pink bollworm. Neither chemical in three extracts of female moth abdomen tips could be detected by gas-liquid chromatographic analysis. These compounds, alone or in combination, exhibited little or no biological activity in the laboratory or in the field. Hexalure, cis-7-hexadecenyl acetate, a synthetic attractant for pink bollworm males, could not be detected in female moth abdomen tip extracts. The pink bollworm sex pheromone was identified as a mixture of cis,cis and cis,trans isomers of 7,11-hexadecadienyl acetate.
丙体-10-正丙基-顺式-5,9-十三碳二烯基乙酸酯和避蚊胺，N,N-二乙基间甲苯甲酰胺，先前分别被报道为粉红棉铃虫的性信息素和性信息素激活剂。在雌性棉铃虫腹部末端的三种提取物中，均未通过气液色谱分析检测到这两种化学物质。这些化合物单独或组合使用，在实验室或田间几乎没有或没有生物活性。六氢-7-十六碳烯基乙酸酯，粉红棉铃虫雄虫的合成引诱剂，在雌性棉铃虫腹部末端提取物中也无法检测到。粉红棉铃虫性信息素被鉴定为顺式、顺式和顺式、反式 7,11-十六碳二烯基乙酸酯的混合物。
